{"id":22082,"date":"2025-02-12T17:56:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T18:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=22082"},"modified":"2025-02-12T19:27:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T19:27:24","slug":"a-deep-sea-fish-of-nightmares-strays-into-shallow-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=22082","title":{"rendered":"A Deep-Sea Fish of Nightmares Strays Into Shallow Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"

A scary-looking creature with \u201cdevil\u201d in its name was spotted close to the surface off Tenerife, a Spanish island.<\/p>\n

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While on a shark research expedition off the coast of Tenerife, marine biologists said they captured the first images of a live adult black seadevil anglerfish near the ocean\u2019s surface.<\/span>Agence France-Presse \u2014 Getty Images<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Strange things live in the depths of the ocean.<\/p>\n

Even the light of the sun cannot penetrate the inky blackness below. The pressure of the water above is crushing. And yet life somehow survives, adapted to that strange world.<\/p>\n

Many of the fish there are partly luminescent to attract prey. They are omnivores, making up for the lack of food at those depths by having big mouths, sharp teeth and a desire to eat almost anything<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a world alien to our own, with creatures seldom seen by human eyes.<\/p>\n

But now, at least one fearsome fish from the depths has made a surprise appearance a lot closer to the surface, where it was spotted and filmed late last month.<\/p>\n

A black seadevil anglerfish was sighted near the surface, about 2,000 meters off the coast of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, which are part of Spain, by scientists with Condrik Tenerife, a group that normally researches sharks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This fish with \u201cdevil\u201d in its name is no friendly guppy or koi. It is black as the depths in which it normally lives. Its teeth look like razors. Its lidless eyes, staring forward, seem to have a remorseless cruelty. Its mouth, perpetually open, frankly looks as if it wants to swallow you and everything you hold dear.<\/p>\n

One positive for nervous swimmers planning a trip to the Canary Islands: The fish is only about six inches long. It also has a less scary alternative name: the humpback anglerfish.<\/p>\n

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A scary-looking creature with \u201cdevil\u201d in its name was spotted close to the surface off Tenerife, a Spanish island.While on a shark research expedition off the coast of Tenerife, marine biologists said they captured the first images of a live adult black seadevil anglerfish near the ocean\u2019s surface.Agence France-Presse \u2014 Getty ImagesStrange things live in the depths of the ocean.Even the light of the sun cannot penetrate the inky blackness below. The pressure of the water above is crushing. And yet life somehow survives, adapted to that strange world.Many of the fish there are partly luminescent to attract prey. They are omnivores, making up for the lack of food at those depths by having big mouths, sharp teeth and a desire to eat almost anything.It\u2019s a world alien to our own, with creatures seldom seen by human eyes.But now, at least one fearsome fish from the depths has made a surprise appearance a lot closer to the surface, where it was spotted and filmed late last month.A black seadevil anglerfish was sighted near the surface, about 2,000 meters off the coast of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, which are part of Spain, by scientists with Condrik Tenerife, a group that normally researches sharks.This fish with \u201cdevil\u201d in its name is no friendly guppy or koi. It is black as the depths in which it normally lives. Its teeth look like razors. Its lidless eyes, staring forward, seem to have a remorseless cruelty. Its mouth, perpetually open, frankly looks as if it wants to swallow you and everything you hold dear.One positive for nervous swimmers planning a trip to the Canary Islands: The fish is only about six inches long. It also has a less scary alternative name: the humpback anglerfish.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22084,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22082"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22085,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22082\/revisions\/22085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}